This week on NetCafé, we'll show you several web information sites that are examples of how anyone can start a conspiracy theory because the Internet provides an open and free forum for these theories to proliferate.


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Reviewer: elijahradioprophet - - June 15, 2004
Subject: gorsh, uncle bill! They got ME, too!
! I can';t ytype good MY NEW PUPPIERNrYNGo Eih hi nOSE!!!

Reviewer: elijahradioprophet - - June 15, 2004
Subject: gorsh, uncle bill! They got ME, too!
looks like since 1993 somebody wood-a fixed the thing! BUT...I ENJOYED the ATOM BOMB/CIVIL DEFENCE film!!! I seen it in GRADE SCHOOL when I were 8 or 9 year old! Oh, gorsh, a rootie! Them was the GOOD old days! You knowe what, bous & gurls??? We did not even have LOCKS on our DOORS! Everybody just LEFT they KEYS in they CARS! TOO! I was growed up in SAFE & SANE WACO TEXAS! I don't never remember ANY STEALING in MINE Neyghboorhood at ALL nebver! No-Sir-EEE! Ohhhh. Sewwt Nos0-Gal-Ieria! About same time my GRand Mom tooken me to see LUCI & DESI in a MOVIE call "The LONG LONG TRAILER!" Oh gorsh! It were SO silly! BUT NOW??? I am FULL-TIME RVer! I see PEOPLES in BIG MOTO COACHES converging on QUARTZSITE, ARIZINIA like FLIES on a DEAD CORPSE! I can';t ytype good MY NEW PUPPIERNrYNGo Eih hi nOSE!!!

Reviewer: oopnop - - March 3, 2004
Subject: Conspiracy here!
Someone switched films

Reviewer: kneel - - August 11, 2003
Subject: error - wrong movie
this is some atomic 50's epherimal philm
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<p><a href="http://www.4consipiracytheories.com"><b>4consipiracytheories.com</b></a> on the website 4anything.com is a perfect place to begin searching for conspiracy theories online. 4anything.com is a search engine that allows you to find all kinds of rumors that circulate about current events, political figures and Hollywood stars. Mark Langsfeld talks about the popular conspiracy subjects you can find on his site such as the JFK assassination, Elvis, Tupac, Princess Di, TWA 800, WACO, Clinton and Papa Smurf the communist.</p> <p>Then, a San Francisco Chronicle religious journalist discusses the spiritual interpretations that surrounded the Y2K bug. Don Lattin explains how, for extreme Christians, Y2K was a symbol of the apocalypse in the book of revelations. He also discusses the various theories regarding Digital Doomsday and the Internet as the antichrist. Lattin says many different kinds of religions, from Christianity to New Age look for a breakdown in society so that something bigger can emerge and technology can become a substitution for that breakdown.</p> <p>And if the mainstream media is not covering enough news from the fringes of society, then two web sites will make sure the public is aware of these revolutionary ideas. Srini Kumar works with <b><a href="http://www.disinfo.com/"> disinfo.com</a></b> that actually combats disinformation by presenting optional information such as position papers with radical political views that incite people into action. Kumar's other site is unamerican.com where he makes as much of a political impact on society as a guy in an apartment can. His goal is to let people know how they can use the political system to their benefit. Also on this site are posters, stickers and t-shirts that sell the truth in 10 words or less.</p> <p>Often, conspiracy theories are actually urban legends and David Emery specializes in exposing these legends as the <a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/"><b> folklore guide on about.com</b></a>. Emery defines an urban legend as a story about one person that is heard from a friend of a friend and also conveys a moral message. He says these stories reveals our deepest fears that we are often afraid to talk about and uses the legend about a man whose kidneys are stolen to show how we are afraid of strangers and trusting people we do not know. <br> <br> Finally, UFOs and Aliens are perfect subject matter for any conspiracy theorist. Joe Firmage expresses his theories about extra-terrestrial beings visiting Earth on his site, <b><a href="http://www.thewordistruth.org/">thewordistruth.org</a></b>. Michael Fitzgerald is a journalist from zdnews.net who has covered the website and Joe Firmage. Fitzgerald explains Firmage's background starting a software company and his current endeavors publishing ideas that beings from out-of-space have given us technologies such as the transistor. Fitzgerald says Firmage's philosophy is that we are in a period of evolutionary change that will see us come to huge leaps in understanding of physical sciences, our historical role, religion and laws of gravity.</p>